Synonyms of tubby

tubby

adjective

ˈtə-bē 

as in plump

having an excess of body fat

in America, Santa Claus is portrayed as a jolly but tubby older gentleman

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plump
• fat
• round
• chubby
• full
• pudgy
• rotund
• obese
• corpulent
• portly
• husky
• overweight
• lardy
• stout
• thick
• blubbery
• podgy
• fleshy
• gross
• heavy
• roly-poly
• replete
• ripe
• stocky
• beefy
• bulky
• burly
• heavyset
• thickset
• squat
• soft
• chunky
• stubby
• paunchy
• potbellied
• flabby
• dumpy
• brawny
• plumpish
• weighty
• hippy
• buxom
• hefty
• zaftig
• ample
• endomorphic
• corn-fed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• skinny
• thin
• lean
• slender
• lanky
• bony
• slim
• gaunt
• spare
• angular
• skeletal
• lank
• sinewy
• haggard
• scrawny
• rawboned
• emaciated
• puny
• pinched
• cadaverous
• wasted
• slight
• weedy
• scraggy
• spindly
• reedy
• stringy
• svelte
• willowy
• rangy
• twiggy
• waspish
• anorexic
• sylphlike
• ectomorphic
• spindling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tubby

Disney will be marking the tubby little cubby’s 100th birthday this year with a variety of events, licensing collaboration, publishing releases and merchandise throughout the world. — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026

That Pete Hegseth is at the Pentagon instead of tubby Lloyd Austin. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025

It is sold in a curious short and tubby bottle with an original label with an old man with wispy hair and a long beard. — Forbes.com, 15 May 2025

Heavy, ample, plump, tubby—these might as well be curse words. — TIME, 2 Feb. 2024

This gives it the slight grace of a drawer without sacrificing the functionality of a big tubby bin. — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2023

After a long day of tail wagging, tubby rubbing, and shoe chewing, your dog deserves a comfortable place to rest. — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023